Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius) | Details

Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic source(s)
AERC TAC. 2003. AERC TAC Checklist of bird taxa occurring in Western Palearctic region, 15th Draft. Available at: http://www.aerc.eu/DOCS/Bird_taxa_of_the_WP15.xls.
Christidis, L. and Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Australia.
Cramp, S. and Simmons, K.E.L. (eds). 1977-1994. Handbook of the birds of Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The birds of the western Palearctic. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Species attributes

Migratory status	full migrant	Forest dependency	low
Land-mass type		Average mass	39 g

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	87,600,000 km²	medium
Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding)	83,600,000 km²	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	poor	estimated	2009
Population trend	stable	-	suspected	-
Generation length	5 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population is estimated to number c.280,000-530,000 individuals (Wetlands International 2006). The European population is estimated at 134,000-262,000 pairs, which equates to 269,000-524,000 mature individuals (BirdLife International 2015). National population estimates include: c.10,000-100,000 breeding pairs and c.1,000-10,000 individuals on migration in China; c.100-10,000 breeding pairs, c.1,000-10,000 individuals on migration and c.1,000-10,000 wintering individuals in Taiwan; c.10,000-100,000 breeding pairs and c.1,000-10,000 individuals on migration in Korea; c.10,000-100,000 breeding pairs, c.1,000-10,000 individuals on migration and c.50-1,000 wintering individuals in Japan and c.10,000-100,000 breeding pairs and c.1,000-10,000 individuals on migration in Russia (Brazil 2009).

Trend justification: The overall population trend is decreasing, although most populations have unknown trends (Wetlands International 2015). In Europe the population size is estimated to be decreasing by less than 25% in 15 years (three generations) (BirdLife International 2015).

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Afghanistan	extant	native		yes
Albania	extant	native		yes
Algeria	extant	native
Armenia	extant	native		yes
Australia	extant	vagrant
Austria	extant	native		yes
Azerbaijan	extant	native		yes
Bahrain	extant	native				yes
Bangladesh	extant	native
Belarus	extant	native		yes
Belgium	extant	native		yes
Benin	extant	native
Bhutan	extant	native
Bosnia and Herzegovina	extant	native		yes
Brunei	extant	native
Bulgaria	extant	native	yes
Burkina Faso	extant	native
Burundi	extant	vagrant
Cambodia	extant	native
Cameroon	extant	native
Cape Verde	extant	native
Central African Republic	extant	native
Chad	extant	native
China (mainland)	extant	native
Christmas Island (to Australia)	extant	native
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	extant	native
Côte d'Ivoire	extant	native
Croatia	extant	native		yes
Cyprus	extant	native		yes
Czechia	extant	native		yes
Denmark	extant	native		yes		yes
Djibouti	extant	native
Egypt	extant	native
Equatorial Guinea	extant	native
Eritrea	extant	native
Estonia	extant	native		yes
Ethiopia	extant	native
Finland	extant	native		yes		yes
France	extant	native	yes			yes
Gabon	extant	native
Gambia	extant	native
Georgia	extant	native		yes
Germany	extant	native		yes		yes
Ghana	extant	native
Gibraltar (to UK)	extant	native		yes
Greece	extant	native	yes			yes
Guam (to USA)	extant	native			yes
Guinea	extant	native
Guinea-Bissau	extant	native
Hong Kong (China)	extant	native		yes
Hungary	extant	native		yes
India	extant	native
Indonesia	extant	native
Iran, Islamic Republic of	extant	native		yes		yes
Iraq	extant	native	yes			yes
Ireland	extant	vagrant
Israel	extant	native		yes
Italy	extant	native	yes			yes
Japan	extant	native
Jordan	extant	native		yes		yes
Kazakhstan	extant	native		yes
Kenya	extant	native
Kuwait	extant	native			yes	yes
Kyrgyzstan	extant	native		yes
Laos	extant	native
Latvia	extant	native		yes
Lebanon	extant	native				yes
Liberia	extant	native
Libya	extant	native
Liechtenstein	extant	native		yes
Lithuania	extant	native		yes
Luxembourg	extant	native		yes
Macao (China)	extant	native
Madagascar	extant	native		yes
Malaysia	extant	native
Maldives	extant	native
Mali	extant	native
Malta	extant	native		yes
Martinique (to France)	extant	vagrant			yes	yes
Mauritania	extant	native
Mauritius	extant	vagrant
Micronesia, Federated States of	extant	native			yes
Moldova	extant	native		yes		yes
Monaco	extant	native		yes
Mongolia	extant	native		yes
Montenegro	extant	native		yes
Morocco	extant	native
Myanmar	extant	native
Nepal	extant	native
Netherlands	extant	native		yes
Niger	extant	native
Nigeria	extant	native
North Korea	extant	native		yes
North Macedonia	extant	native	yes
Northern Mariana Islands (to USA)	extant	native			yes
Norway	extant	native		yes
Oman	extant	native	yes			yes
Pakistan	extant	native
Palau	extant	native			yes
Palestine	extant	native		yes		yes
Papua New Guinea	extant	native		yes
Philippines	extant	native
Poland	extant	native		yes
Portugal	extant	native	yes
Qatar	extant	native		yes		yes
Romania	extant	native		yes		yes
Russia	extant	native		yes		yes
Russia (Asian)	extant	native		yes
Russia (Central Asian)	extant	native		yes
Russia (European)	extant	native		yes		yes
Rwanda	extant	vagrant
São Tomé e Príncipe	extant	vagrant
Saudi Arabia	extant	native	yes			yes
Senegal	extant	native
Serbia	extant	native		yes
Seychelles	extant	vagrant
Sierra Leone	extant	native
Singapore	extant	native
Slovakia	extant	native		yes
Slovenia	extant	native		yes
Solomon Islands	extant	vagrant
Somalia	extant	native
South Korea	extant	native
South Sudan	extant	native			yes
Spain	extant	native	yes			yes
Sri Lanka	extant	native
Sudan	extant	native
Sweden	extant	native		yes
Switzerland	extant	native		yes
Syria	extant	native		yes		yes
Taiwan, China	extant	native
Tajikistan	extant	native		yes
Tanzania	extant	native
Thailand	extant	native
Timor-Leste	extant	native			yes	yes
Togo	extant	native
Tunisia	extant	native
Türkiye	extant	native	yes
Turkmenistan	extant	native		yes
Uganda	extant	native
Ukraine	extant	native		yes		yes
United Arab Emirates	extant	native		yes		yes
United Kingdom	extant	native		yes
USA	extant	vagrant
Uzbekistan	extant	native		yes
Vietnam	extant	native
Western Sahara	extant	native
Yemen	extant	native			yes	yes
Zambia	extant	vagrant

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
China (mainland)	Chongming Dongtan Nature Reserve
China (mainland)	Ulungur Hu and Jili Hu (Fu Hai)
France	Estuaires picards : baies de Somme et d'Authie
Japan	Lake Kasumigaura, Ukisima
Japan	Osaka Nanko
Japan	Shiokawa tidal flat
Kazakhstan	Lesser Aral Sea
Mongolia	Uvs Lake
Philippines	Manila Bay

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine	Artificial/Aquatic - Excavations (open)	suitable	breeding
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine	Artificial/Aquatic - Irrigated Land (includes irrigation channels)	suitable	breeding
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine	Artificial/Aquatic - Irrigated Land (includes irrigation channels)	suitable	non-breeding
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine	Artificial/Aquatic - Wastewater Treatment Areas	suitable	breeding
Artificial/Terrestrial	Pastureland	suitable	non-breeding
Artificial/Terrestrial	Rural Gardens	suitable	non-breeding
Artificial/Terrestrial	Urban Areas	suitable	breeding
Artificial/Terrestrial	Urban Areas	suitable	non-breeding
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level	suitable	breeding
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level	suitable	non-breeding
Grassland	Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded	suitable	breeding
Grassland	Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded	suitable	non-breeding
Marine Intertidal	Sandy Shoreline and/or Beaches, Sand Bars, Spits, Etc	marginal	resident
Marine Intertidal	Shingle and/or Pebble Shoreline and/or Beaches	marginal	resident
Marine Neritic	Estuaries	suitable	non-breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)	suitable	breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)	suitable	non-breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls)	suitable	breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls)	suitable	non-breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Seasonal/Intermittent Saline, Brackish or Alkaline Lakes and Flats	suitable	breeding
Altitude	0 - 800 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Threats & impact

Threat (level 1)

Threat (level 2)

Impact and Stresses

Biological resource use

Fishing & harvesting aquatic resources - Unintentional effects: (large scale) [harvest]

Timing

Scope

Severity

Impact

Ongoing

Minority (<50%)

Slow, Significant Declines

Low Impact: 5

Stresses
Indirect ecosystem effects

Biological resource use

Fishing & harvesting aquatic resources - Unintentional effects: (subsistence/small scale) [harvest]

Timing

Scope

Severity

Impact

Ongoing

Minority (<50%)

Slow, Significant Declines

Low Impact: 5

Stresses
Indirect ecosystem effects

Human intrusions & disturbance

Recreational activities

Timing

Scope

Severity

Impact

Ongoing

Minority (<50%)

Slow, Significant Declines

Low Impact: 5

Stresses
Species disturbance, Reduced reproductive success, Species mortality

Invasive and other problematic species, genes & diseases

Invasive non-native/alien species/diseases - Clostridium botulinum

Timing

Scope

Severity

Impact

Future

Minority (<50%)

Rapid Declines

Low Impact: 4

Stresses
Species mortality

Natural system modifications

Dams & water management/use - Abstraction of surface water (unknown use)

Timing

Scope

Severity

Impact

Ongoing

Minority (<50%)

Negligible declines

Low Impact: 4

Stresses
Ecosystem degradation

Natural system modifications

Dams & water management/use - Dams (size unknown)

Timing

Scope

Severity

Impact

Ongoing

Minority (<50%)

Negligible declines

Low Impact: 4

Stresses
Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion

Natural system modifications

Other ecosystem modifications

Timing

Scope

Severity

Impact

Ongoing

Minority (<50%)

Slow, Significant Declines

Low Impact: 5

Stresses
Species disturbance, Ecosystem conversion

Pollution

Agricultural & forestry effluents - Herbicides and pesticides

Timing

Scope

Severity

Impact

Ongoing

Minority (<50%)

Slow, Significant Declines

Low Impact: 5

Stresses
Reduced reproductive success, Species mortality

Pollution

Industrial & military effluents - Oil spills

Timing

Scope

Severity

Impact

Ongoing

Minority (<50%)

Slow, Significant Declines

Low Impact: 5

Stresses
Ecosystem degradation, Species mortality

Utilisation

Purpose	Scale
Food - human	subsistence, national
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international
Sport hunting/specimen collecting	subsistence, national

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/little-ringed-plover-charadrius-dubius on 26/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 26/12/2024.